Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42ca1e61b7224894…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:22:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 9547e1c988462294b35434cb7a8e16fb SHA-1: 26f64dc9db324d0932c969bd371fff00fcec7eb6 SHA-256: 42ca1e61b72248941c5438081a5ce2552536eb231b69559de386868433f89320
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The heuristic 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' further suggests a phishing pretext, possibly related to fake billing or support scams.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=adenomyosis+homeopathic+treatment PDF link annotation
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076dbd5b9650---43089607136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelamadeustorino.com/userfiles/files/69057052529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacarte-design.de/userfiles/file/fupunafiduden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97406eee4a0ac45765c73e0d314b13b8/15561306866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://promocode.lu/userfiles/files/kodewufojufumedetawemepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tattica.byespresso.com/app/webroot/files/upload/files/55943841772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherriestattoo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54558707568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stepasidemedical.com/images/uploads/file/61921084133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brickform.cz/obrazky/files/80720782057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezclasssites.com/var/wwww/dev-ezclasssites-com/data/files/rotedil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skrabl.pl/www/rpbd/fck/file/18116502118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609827cb577d6---vibobisinixutukupazurewen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f772364c3c038e268e1e7e8d8691f84b/65695002860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b75b19ddd66---soxamefizipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvpartners.be/images/uploadedimages/file/devivedavigalometobox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/28801755294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehaircenter.com/upload/ckfinder/files/77733588222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2bd911eeb---xariroferazinav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bendhigh1970.com/clients/1/10/106e6567aa8bd3cecf4080670b11bd10/File/luvavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stauarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/20991562200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dachastyle.com/userfiles/file/sekolasovesavafula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ce2b5ef051---gefezigikagofoziloverinoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vekosgroup.ru/userfiles/file/vegazufegorot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aow.infogestnet.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gofobubikiginozigegejab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e63d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE63D 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 51cb4afc6752c16d46066172aba36642b369fca020465e69a98706e22220d15d
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011728.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11728 17796 bytes
SHA-256: 584b01028091d5d00e9f5def94fc543003d2cba484e519b99bff6872a5115846